Another week, another round of innovative and exciting health tech developments. Over the past seven days or so, we’ve seen Prostate Cancer Research announce partnerships with health tech start-ups, the launch of NICE’s new five-year strategy, and Alcidion’s acquisition of a patient flow software company. We also reported this week […]
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HTN health tech tour continues…dates announced for June
HTN Now April may have come to a close but, here at HTN, preparations are already underway for our next live series in June! Taking place 14-17th June, our health tech tour continues, and once again, offers speakers from across the industry the opportunity to discuss their programmes, learnings, approach […]
Video: Connected Nottinghamshire discuss public facing digital services
On the third day of HTN Now April 2021, we were joined by the team from Connected Nottinghamshire to discuss their Public-Facing Digital Services programme. We welcomed Jayne Birch-Jones, Change Management Lead, Jane Scarborough, Project and Change Manager and Rosie Atkin, Project Implementation Manager from Connected Nottinghamshire. Introducing the scale […]
New NHS hospital prescriptions data available for COVID-19 researchers
NHSX and NHS Digital have announced that a new data resource for secondary care prescriptions is now available to COVID-19 researchers. The data collection focuses on medicines that are prescribed and administered in hospitals – providing daily information harvested from electronic prescription and administration systems at secondary care NHS trusts […]
UK charity tech: Whizz-Kidz and Somo talk digital change
Much has been said about how the healthcare industry has embraced tech tools like never before. But the Third Sector has also been flexing its to meet audiences’ ever-changing needs during the pandemic, too. To find out more, HTN got in touch with Whizz-Kidz to talk about how the UK […]
Prostate Cancer Research partners with health-tech start-ups
Prostate Cancer Research has announced it’s partnering with Vine Health, a free information health app, and Lucida Medical, a company specialising in early detection of cancer. The Vinehealth app will be updated with new information from Prostate Cancer Research to support people with a reliable source of information. The partnership aims to work […]
Data from cancer centres connected to provide full population coverage for Scottish NHS
The Scottish Cancer Registry and Intelligence Service (SCRIS) has successfully connected Systematic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) data from all of Scotland’s five cancer centres – providing the Scottish NHS with national coverage. According to the University of Edinburgh, following the connection of the final two ChemoCare databases, the SACT data view […]
17 trusts join for cross-organisational diagnostic reporting and image sharing
17 NHS trusts, funded by the Cancer Alliance and NHS England, have signed an agreement for a cross-organisational diagnostic reporting and image sharing platform. The trusts are set to use Wellbeing Software and Insignia Medical Systems across South West England to share the reporting workload and introduce a single workflow. It […]
London North West and Hillingdon picks Cerner integrated EPR
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust and The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS FT have signed an agreement with Cerner to implement its integrated electronic health record (EHR). The deal was signed in February, and will see the two organisations utilise the EPR as well as joining the EHR domain used […]
NICE launches five-year strategy with focus on data, technologies and innovations
NICE has today published a five-year strategy with an increased focus on new treatments, technologies and innovations. In the strategy the body highlights its four priority areas of focus; ‘rapid, robust, and responsive technology evaluation’, ‘dynamic, living guideline recommendations’, ‘effective guidance uptake to maximise impact’ and ‘leadership in data, research […]
